Wagon-brake



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1'. P. PUESGHEL.

WAGON BRAKE.

Patented Feb. 26, 1889.

2 SheetsSheet 2.

(No Model.)

P. PUESOHEL.

WAGON BRAKE.

N0. 398,799. Patented Feb. 26, 1889..

wWas o em UNrTnn STATES PATENT Orrrcn.

PAUL IUESCHEL, OF MIIAVAUKE I, \VIHCUNSIN.

WAGON-BRAKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 398,799, dated February 26, 1889.

Application filed November 22 1888.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PAUL PUESCHEL, of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee, and in the State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carriage and agon Brakes; and I do hereby f declare that the following is a full, clear, and

exact description thereof.

My invention relates to carriage and wagon brakes; and it consists in certain peculiari- 1 ties of construction and combination of parts,

to be hereinafter described with reference 3 5, a detail side elevation of the thill-conneci tions employed in that form of my invention shown in the preceding figure, and Fig. 0 a sectional view showing the brake applied to the front truck ot a wagon.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A rep-- resents a transve he rod or bmke heanr having; crank bends b and forwardlyextended arms (1, the latter terminating in crank-bends d, on which are secured ljn'ake-shoes B.

In Figs. 1, 2, and t; the rod A is shown as (No model.)

In that style of vehicle illustrated by Fig. 1 the hounds H are connected to the springs D and front and rear cross-braces, I J, the front brace being provided with a depending loop, 71, through which is passed a tongue, K, the butt of the latter being inserted in a socket, L, attached to the rear cross-brace. Secured to the under side of the tongue, by means of bolts 'ij, is a plate, U, and secured to a stud, 7t, on this plate is a longitudinal rod, N, having a sermv-threaded rear end, 171, by which it is adj ustably connected to a shackle, O, on the brake-beam A, as best illustrated in Fig. Depending from the loop 7! is an eye, a, to which is secured one end of a spiral spring, P, the other end 01. this spring being connected to another eve, 0, that depends from the plate M upon the under side of the tongue. The spring Pis arranged to exert its force in an outward direction, and consequently the normal position of the tongue is such that the brake-beam connected thereto by the longitudinal rod N is drawn l'orward in the guide-loops to hold the shoes I) away from the Front wheels, Q. and prevent rz'tttling when the vehicle isrunnine on a level; but when the horses are held back the lorce of said spring is merctnne and t the rearward movement of the tongue and ln'lvingits crank-bends I; supported in guide loops t, clipped to elliptic springs I), that' are in turn clipped to the front axle, IQ, of the vehicle to which my invention may be applied, while in that style ol vehicle shown in Fig. l the guid e-loops i'orm horizontal forward extensions at the upper ends of vertical rods 1 the lower ends oi these rods being also provided with horizontal torward extensions c, from which rise goose-necks d, that termi nate in spring-shackles e, the latter in the construction shown by Fig. 4L- being connected to the lower horizontal extensions of said verticalrods. by means of straps G,passcd through i spectively arranged on said shackles 1 and 1()(l*QXllQllSlOllS, as best illustrated byi Fig. 5.

brake beam brings the shoes agaii'ist said wheels. The l)]fll(t-l)0il1ll Aheingrhung above the matters of the wheels Q, the shoes B will not bind against these wheels when the vehicle is being backed by the team; but when said team is being held back while the vehicle is moving forward the movement of said wheels against. the shoes tend to draw against the resistance of beam A and cause a tight lock of the brake.

In that style olf vehicle shown inl igsxl and I there are two of the rods Xadjustably connected at their rear ends to shackles O on the brake-beam and at their forward ends to the tl'iill-holtsp, the spring-shackles e acting in place of the spiral spring I, employed on that style of vehicle previously described.

In that style of vehicle shown by Fig. 2 the draft comes upon the hounds H; but in the construction shown by Fig. -l the draft is upon the axle E, and the strain upon the spring shackles is resisted by the straps G.

In the construction shown by Fig. 0 the tongue-socket L is omitted, and thebutt of the tongue plays back and forth in bands 1", that embrace the hounds H, this play being limited by the bolt 1', by which the plate M is secured to said tongue.

To detach the tongue shown in Figs. 1 and 3, the bolts 1' j are removed, while the tongue shown in Fig. 6 can be detached upon the removal of the single bolt that connects it with the plate to which the brake-rod N is secured.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to'secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A carriage or wagon brake that comprises a horizontal beam shaped at both ends to form forwardly extended cranks, shoes carried by the cranks, stationary guide-loops arranged to loosely support the beam, and a longitudinal rod or rods uniting said beam with the draft-gear of the vehicle to which the brake may be connected, substantially as set forth.

2. A carriage or wagon brake that ,comprises a horizontal beam terminated at both ends in forwardly-cxtended cranks, shoes carried by the cranks, stationary guide-loops arranged to support the beam, and a rod or rods adj ustably connected to said beam and united to the draft-gear of the vehicle to which the brake may be connected, substantially as set forth.

3. A carriage or wagon brake that comprises a horizontal beam shaped at both ends to form forwardly-extended cranks, shoes carried by the cranks, stationary guide-loops arranged to loosely support the beam, a plate secured to the vehicle-tongue, and a longitudinal rod connecting the plate with said beam, substantially as set forth.

14.. A carriage or wagon brake that comprises a horizontal beam terminated at both ends in forwardly-extended cranks, shoes carried by the cranks, stationary guide-loops arranged to support the beam, a rod or rods for uniting said beam with the draft-gear of the vehicle, to which the brake may be connected, and a spring or springs arranged to normally hold said draft-gear in such position that the shoes are away from the adjacent wheels, substantially as set forth.

5. A carriage or wagon brake that comprises a horizontal beam shaped at both ends to form forwardly-exten'ded cranks, shoes carried by the cranks, stationary guide-loops arranged to loosely support the beam, a plate secured to the vehicle-tongue, a supportingloop for the tongue, a spiral spring connecting the plate and supporting-loop, and a longitudinal rod uniting said plate and beam, substantially as set forth.

6. A carriage or wagon brake that comprises a horizontal beam terminated at both ends in forwardly-extended cranks, shoes car ried by the cranks, stationary guide-loops arranged to support the beam, andarod uniting said beam with the tongue of the vehicle, to which the brake may be applied, in combination with a socket arranged to receive the butt of said tongue, substantially as set forth.

7. In a vehicle, the combination of vertical rods having their upper ends terminated in horizontal forwardly extended guide -loops and their lower ends provided with horizontal forward extensions clipped to an axle of the vehicle, goose-necks forming continuations of said extensions and terminated in spring-shackles, a horizontal beam loosely supported in the guide-loops and shaped at both ends to form forwardly-extended cranks, shoes carried by the cranks, thills-secured to the springshackles, and rods connecting said shackles and beam, substantially as set forth.

8. In a vehicle, the combination of vertical rods having their upper ends terminated in horizontal forwardly-extended guide-loops and their lower ends provided with horizontal forward extensions clipped to an axle of the vehicle, goose-necks forming continuations of said extensions and terminated at both ends in forwardly-extended cranks, straps connecting the shackles and lower horizontal extensions of the vertical rods, a horizontal beam loosely supported in the guide loops and shaped at both ends to form forwardly-extended cranks, shoes carried by the cranks, thills connected to said spring-shackles, and rods uniting these shackles and the beam, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, at Milwaukee, in the countyof Milwaukee and State of VVisconsin, in the presence of two witnesses.

PAUL PUESCHEL.

Witnesses:

N. E. OLIPHANT, WILLIAM KLUG. 

